Gabrielle: Oh, dear God, I've made so many
mistakes. But all I ever wanted to do was to be with and take care of my son. I
thought that giving him everything that he never had was the right thing to do.
I thought that getting back at Max, making him pay, destroying him, would
somehow make it all worthwhile, but I can't do it. I can't go through with it.
For the first time in a long time, I don't know what to do. I don't even know
what to hope for. Dear God, I'm still in love with Max. I can't destroy someone
I love. Dear God, help me. Tell me what to do.

Max: And so how is Llanview’s most difficult
patient today? Ok. I was going through the closet. I thought I found something
that might bring back a few memories for you. Remember this? We used to go at
this hours on end. I thought maybe we'd go a couple rounds; you'd give me a
chance to win back the championship. No? Ok. How about a couple of these? Want
to kick back, watch one of these? Hey, your favorite -- oh. No. All right. Ok.
Listen, Al, you got to be bored out of your mind in here.

Al: Aren't you supposed to be getting married
today to the woman who's going to give you a kid you give a damn about?

Max: Ah -- no. No, the Blair/Max nuptials are
off. Right now you're all that matters to me.

Todd: Isn't that how people usually sleep
with your wife? But you're right. Any jury in the world sees this is going to be
convinced that Max killed you to keep Gabrielle all to himself. Now, where is
that little spark plug of a porn star? Yo, Gaby!

Gabrielle: If I don't betray Max, then I'll
be double-crossing Asa. And what he'll do to me and Al -- at the end of that,
life isn't going to be worth living. Dear Lord, I cannot make this decision
alone. Please show me a sign. Please show me the way. Give me a voice, please.

R.J.: Now, we both know that's bull. Now,
stop yanking my chain. No more cute answers. No more riddles. I paid you to run
Cristian out of town, hmm? Have you?

Keith: Vega's long gone by now. I guarantee
it.

Cristian: Is there a problem?

Jen: No, I'm fine. Why are you staring at me?

Cristian: Can't help it. You're too
beautiful.

Jen: You're making me self-conscious.

Cristian: Sorry.

Jen: I'm going to get a glass.

Cristian: Whoa. Wait a minute. I really did
make you self-conscious. Miss Manners.

Jen: Hey.

Cristian: What, you didn't like it?

Jen: Yeah, I loved it after - after the
shock. If you'd have done it a second or two later, maybe I would have choked to
death.

Cristian: I can think of worse ways to go.
Anyway, it's your fault.

Jen: Oh, yeah? How do you get that?

Cristian: Well, I mean, here you are, totally
irresistible, that glass heading for your lips. And suddenly I'm thinking, why
should the drink have all the fun?

Jen: That is a good question.

Cristian: Go away. We're not here.

Jen: Nice try.

Cristian: Not nice enough.

Jen: I'll get it.

Jen: It's Antonio.

Antonio: Hi.

Cristian: What are you doing here?

Antonio: What do you think?

Cristian: I told you I'd go by the station,
Antonio.

Antonio: Yeah, I know.

Cristian: So, what, you didn't believe me?

Antonio: This will only take a minute.

Cristian: Antonio, come on, man.

Antonio: Look, Cris, the sooner you get
through this, the sooner you can get back to -- whatever it is you need to get
back to.

Cristian: What are these, anyway?

Antonio: What do you think? Mug shots.

Cristian: Great.

Antonio: Look, if you don't recognize anybody
from these books, then I can get the state cops to send me their faces, or the
feds if we need to.

Cristian: All this just because I got jumped?

Antonio: You were assaulted, Cris. It's
called breaking the law.

Cristian: Where we come from, it's called a
friendly introduction.

Antonio: Cris --

Cristian: Look, Antonio, it's nice of you to
worry and all, but it's not a big deal, man.

Antonio: It is a big deal.

Cristian: I told you that I'd go by the
station and look at your books when I had the time.

Antonio: No, Cris, what you told me was that
you would stop by the station after you dropped Jen off, and you didn't. That's
why I came by with these mug shot books so that you can page through them now.

Cristian: I can look after myself, man.

Antonio: Ok. Let's say you can. What about
the next person, huh? What about the next person that gets attacked? What if
they can't look after themselves? Are you going to let them get hurt just so you
could play macho man?

Cristian: Can you believe this guy?

Jen: Yeah, actually, I can. Come on, Cris.
How long is it going to take?

Cristian: Ok, ok. I'll look through your
little albums. Anything to get this over with.

Antonio: All right. This is a long shot, but
I want you to page through here, see if you recognize anyone that was hanging
around the hospital.

Cristian: Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

Antonio: You, too, Jen. Please, take a look;
see if you recognize anyone that might've been there.

Todd: Actually, Max made a little change in
the wedding plans. He cancelled the wedding.

Gabrielle: He did what?

Todd: Cancelled the wedding.

Gabrielle: How long for?

Todd: No, he didn't postpone it. He cancelled
the wedding. He deep-sixed it. He 86'd it. He -- it's not going to happen.

Gabrielle: Max cancelled the wedding?

Todd: Ok, I don't know how to say it in
Argentinean.

Gabrielle: Asa, I -- I'll be right back. I --

Asa: Oh?

Gabrielle: I'll be right back, Darling.

Gabrielle: Max cancelled the wedding. Is this
a sign? Is this the sign I've been waiting for?

Todd: What's with her?

Asa: It had better not be what I'm thinking.

Al: I'm all that matters to you, huh?

Max: That's right.

Al: So you're going to forget about Blair and
this new kid just like you forgot about me and Mom?

Max: No.

Al: No, you forgot about me. You're still
interested in Mom, right, when you're in the mood.

Max: I never forgot about you. I'm your
father. I remember more about your early years than you do. Matter of fact, I
was up all night last night just thinking about them, thinking about you.

Al: I'm sorry you wasted your time.

Max: Oh, no. Uh-uh. It was nice. We had some
great times together, Al. We were friends. We were best friends.

Al: Well, I've grown up.

Max: Yeah, unfortunately you had to grow up
too fast. Remember when Luna died -- I thought I was going to fall apart, and
you're all that held me together. I didn't think I was going to make it, but you
-- well, you saved my life.

Al: This payback? Don't bother. You don't owe
me a thing.

Max: I owe you everything because you are
everything. Al, you almost died in a motorcycle accident. That made me take a
good, long, hard look at Max Holden, and that's not something you want to do on
a full stomach. I didn't forget you. I just forgot what was important. Just kept
thinking about my hopes and my dreams, and I forgot that yours were supposed to
come first.

Al: Well, maybe you'll have a chance with
this new kid, huh?

Max: I may not be Blair's husband, but I will
be this baby's father. And I'm ready to face that responsibility. In fact, I'm
looking forward to it. But first my responsibility is to the remarkable young
man who first gave me that title father. Just give me a chance, Al. Give me a
chance to be the father you always wanted, the father you deserved. You're the
only one who can give me that chance, so -- so, what do you say?

Cristian: Wait a minute.

Jen: What? What is it?

R.J.: How do you know Cristian is gone?

Keith: Because it's my job to know.

R.J.: Did you see him depart?

Keith: No, but I set the ball in motion.
There's no way it's going to stop.

R.J.: There's always a way for something to
go wrong. So if you didn't see it happen --

Keith: I'll tell you what -- if it'll make
you feel better, I'll double-check and make sure that Cristian is gone.

R.J.: Well, you see to it he is.

Keith: Done.

R.J.: One more thing -- I just want Cristian
run out of town, hmm? Not dead. You hear me? I don't need to give his brother a
real reason to come looking for me.

Keith: Don't worry, R.J. There won't be any
blood on your hands. It'll all be on mine -- Boss.

Rae: I understand your concern, Ben. I do.
But I think you're overreacting. It sounds to me as though Allison was just
trying to ease Viki's mind. Was it inappropriate? Maybe. But I think it was with
good intentions.

Ben: Yeah, well, I don't buy it for a second.

Rae: You going to tell me what you base these
suspicions on?

Ben: I admit I have nothing concrete. But I
just have this feeling about that woman --

Rae: "Feeling"? You want me to deprive a
woman of her freedom because of a feeling? A woman you haven't even met?

Ben: Look, I just think you should take
another look at her case.

Rae: I can't. I can't. Even if I wanted to, I
can't. The board has it now. Ben, please, I wish you would just stop worrying
about this. Allison, I think, is going to surprise all of us.

Ben: That's what I'm afraid of.

Allison: I know. I know what you're up to.

Ben: Um -- what do you mean, Allison -- what
am I up to?

Allison: You were pleading my case with Dr.
Cummings, weren't you? You were trying to get me released.

Ben: You were listening, Allison?

Allison: I didn't hear a word, but I didn't
need to. I know what you're like, Dave. I bet you wanted to help me.

Ben: Wow. I can't even fool you a little.

Allison: No.

Ben: So -- I just know how much you want to
go home, and Dr. Cummings -- she's huge here at the hospital. So I told her that
you deserve to go home more than anybody.

Blair: I don't know what I was thinking,
Mama. I must've been out of mind to have written that letter.

Addie: Are you out of your mind? I hope not.

Blair: No, Mama. Not anymore.

Addie: I'm so glad to hear that. It's not
always fun, you know.

Blair: Yeah, I know. You know, I'm sorry.
It's just a silly expression, that's all. Yeah. You know, you haven't opened
your present.

Addie: That's right.

Blair: Here it is.

Addie: Oh, Blair! Oh, Blair, it's so
beautiful!

Blair: Do you like it? You know, there is a
really great arts and crafts store that opened right on river street. And every
time I walk past it, I think of you, Mama.

Addie: That's such a nice thing to say. First
thing I'm going to make is something really, really nice for you.

Blair: Thanks.

Addie: You've changed so much. I remember
when you first came to visit me -- when you had a little money in your pocket --
you used to bring me all kinds of presents. You'd bring me jewelry and fancy
clothes.

Blair: Oh, Mama, I just -- I just wanted to
give you things that I thought that you'd love.

Addie: That was before you knew I get the
best present every time you walk through the door.

Blair: You know, Mama, I'm -- I'm not going
to be able to give you that kind of a present for a while. See, I'm going to
have to go away.

Addie: Can you -- can you stay for the cake?

Blair: Mama, I really -- I'd really love to.
It's just I -- I have a plane to catch.

Addie: A plane?

Blair: Yeah.

Addie: Are you going far away?

Blair: Well, not too far, Mama.

Addie: For a long time?

Blair: Too long, ok? And you know what? When
I come back, I'm going to have a brand-new baby to show you.

Addie: I'm so excited! Oh, I hope you have a
child that's just like Starr.

Blair: Mama, I hope that I have a child with
as much love in his life as you've given me. I love you, Mama.

Blair: Good-bye.

Addie: Good-bye, Darling. Bye, Blair.

Blair: Bye.

Addie: It's like a puzzle.

Todd: You know, Asa, it doesn't seem like you
and Mata Hari are really on the same page on this one. Doesn't seem like you two
are really even on the same book.

Gabrielle: So you want to know whose side I'm
on, don't you, Todd?

Todd: Well, it's a good question.

Gabrielle: Your side, I assure you.

Todd: I don't feel assured. I just told you
Max is back on the market. You seemed -- I don't know -- you seemed happy.

Gabrielle: Of course I'm happy. It means that
our plan can go forward.

Todd: You sure? Because I was thinking maybe
that while you were trying to get your hooks into Max, Max really got his hooks
into you, and now that Blair's out of the picture, you think you might be able
to get Max all to yourself.

Gabrielle: Speak for yourself. And perhaps
you are. If Max is free, that means Blair is free, and don't tell me that hasn't
occurred to you.

Todd: Oh, no, no. I know. Blair's free. And
she's so happy about Max dumping her that she left town.

Gabrielle: So does that mean that when we
spring our little trap, she might not be around to be arrested? That must be so
disappointing to you.

Todd: Well, if I had my druthers, the cops
would chase down Blair and throw her in the pokey. But if all we can get is Max,
I can live with that. Can you?

Asa: The man asked you a question, Gabrielle.

Todd: Ok, well, I'll just leave you two to
thrash this out. Leave that with you. I got it on D.V.D.

Asa: Well, Gabrielle?

Gabrielle: Asa, you have to believe me. I
want the same thing that you want.

Asa: No. You have to make me believe.

Gabrielle: I want Max taken down just as
badly as you do.

Asa: Then why the hell is he still standing?

Gabrielle: Because I need more time!

Asa: I've given you time. I've given you
money. I'd like a return on my investment.

Gabrielle: And you will get it.

Asa: When?

Gabrielle: Soon!

Asa: I want it sooner. And if you happen to
have a thing for Max, get over it. He took my money and my name. Do you think
that I'm going to let you get away with the same thing?

Gabrielle: Asa, I won't.

Asa: You're damn right you won't. Now, you go
out and get those prints. And I want to put that Holden in prison, or I will
send you back to the damn gutter with nothing -- no money, no mansion, and no
son.

Gabrielle: Asa, you wouldn't do that.

Asa: Oh. You don't think I will? I'm going to
tell you something right now. I'm going to be back here in 10 minutes. You tell
me if you're in -- yes or no. My advice? Say yes.

Max: I know it's going to be hard to win your
trust back.

Al: Why should I trust you? So you can mess
up my life just like you're messing up my mother's right now?

Max: Just give me a chance.

Al: What for? So you can pretend to care
about me and make me and Mom care? Till something better comes along. Then
you'll leave, just like you always do.

Max: I don't blame you for being angry with
me.

Al: You don't blame me? That's a good one.
Are you going to blame me for telling you to get the hell out of here?

Max: All right. Listen, I can't -- I can't
make you listen to me, but --

Al: That's right.

Max: You can't stop me from loving you.

Al: Would you just get out? Just get out --
get out! Leave! Get out!

Cristian: I think I recognize this guy.

Jen: Really?

Antonio: Are you positive?

Cristian: No, no. I take that back.

Jen: Yeah, I never saw that person.

Antonio: Well, keep looking.

[Phone rings]

Jen: Ooh, ooh, ooh -- sorry. Sorry.

Cristian: Don't worry about it.

Antonio: Where's a towel?

Cristian: Right down there. It's cool.

[Ring]

Jen: Hello?

Al: Hey, Jen.

Jen: Al. Hi. How are you?

Al: I'm ok. Not really. Max came by.

Jen: Oh, I get it.

Al: Yeah, and I could really use somebody to
talk to right now.

Jen: Ok. I'll be there. All right? Bye.

Cristian: Just throw it in the sink.

Jen: That was Al.

Cristian: Is he ok?

Jen: Yeah. He's just a little bummed from a
visit from Max, but I'm going to drop by and cheer him up.

Gabrielle: Oh, no. No, you've got to help me.
Asa's threatening to take everything away. He's going to leave me with nothing.
He's going to take everything. He's going to take my son away. You can't -- I
can't let him do this. You've got to help me. I can't.

Officer: I'm sorry, Mrs. Buchanan. He's been
poisoned.

Gabrielle: Poisoned? Max, what have you done?

Max: Nothing.

Officer: We'll know when we dust the pill
bottle for prints.

Max: Well, you're not going to find mine. Why
would I want to kill Asa?

Officer: We just found this videotape of
these two in bed.

Second Officer: Max Buchanan, you are under
arrest.

Max: What?

Officer: You have the right to remain silent.

Max: No, no, hold it. Wait --

Officer: Anything you say can and will be
used against you.

Max: No, no, see -- no, I didn't do this. I
didn't -- I didn't do it!

Asa: We did it. We'll never see Max again.
Never!

Gabrielle: There must be another way. There
must be.

Allison: What's wrong? I thought you liked
me.

Ben: Oh, I do, Allison, a lot. It's just --
only I don't know if we should be kissing here because of the nuns.

Allison: You're shy?

Ben: Sometimes, maybe.

Allison: She's gone. Now what do you think
about doing that?

Todd: Get a padded room. This is from Starr.
Happy birthday.

Addie: From Starr! I'm so happy! Oh!

Todd: You don't remember what she gave you
for your birthday last year, do you? That could be, like, a box of piranha.

Addie: Is it?

Todd: Don't know. Left my x-ray goggles at
home.

Addie: Would you like to borrow mine?

Todd: No thanks. Anyway, Starr made me
promise to drop that off, so here I am and -- oh, look, here I'm not.